St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-17
4 BATTLE IN 4 BARN.
Carney and McAuliffe Fight a
Desperate Contest OF Sew
enty-Four Rounds.
Interference Causes a Post
ponement OF the Mill to
aFuture Date.
One Of the Men Was Badly
Mauled, But the Other Is
Still Fresh.
The Decision of the Referee
Regarded Fair---Al
Bets Off.

BosTON. Nov. 1G.-After meetings at
Providence, r. l.. South birmingham
Allston and Boston, the lightweight
champions. Jim Carney, of Birming-
ham. and Jack McAuliffe, of New York.
met al l o'clock this mOrniug in a ring
pitched in a stable at Revere Beach, r. l.
Seyentv-four rounds were contested in
4:5S-15. and the battle was not con-
cluded. The giving way of stake III
McAuliffe'S corner as McAulitfe was
banged against it by the EngliShman
gave the ten men present, and some
thirty more who managed to get there,
an excuse for breaking into the ring for
a third time. Referee Frank Steven
son was appealed to by the McAulltfe
party on claim that Carney was foul
ing their man by hitting him below the
belt on his tender groin. Stevenson
would not allow the clam any more
than he would the Carney party claim
to the battle and stakes. When Steven
son gave his order TO postpone the tight
until further notice, because the owner
of the stable would not permit the noisy
wrangle to proceed any further Oh his
premises, Carney
WITH \ BLACKENED LEFT EYE,
was standing in the center of the ring
begging McAuiffe to come or, while
Con McAuliffe and Jack Dempsey were
holding the American on his chair.
McAuliffe has an ear on him as large as
an English walnut, an injured nose.
both his ewes nearly closed and humps
and SWellingS OH his head and ribs.
The battle was a slow and careful one.
The fight was for $500. The stakes
were originally 5000, but McAulitfe's
illness and the anxiety of Carney to get
the whole of the money. made them
accept $500 out of the stakes and agree
TO postponement of SIX weeks. The
men were to weigh not more than 133
pounds each eight hours before enter
ing the ring. and they scaled at South
Framinghan on Tuesday, Carney
weighed 129 pounds and McAuliffe l3l
pounds. Delays in getting the people
who were to see the battle and efforts
at shutting out as many undesirable as
possible kept the men from stripping
for the fray till after midnight This
was 50 much the better for McAuliffe
who was running up in weight every
moment. Carney, closely followed by
Patsy shepherd, Arthur Chambers and
"Nobby' Clark, was first over the
ropes. hCAullHG WIS IdHNlCu DS
Dempsey and Con McAulitfe.
TIE TOSS FOR CORNERS
was made with a $40 gold piece and
Dempsey won it. Carney crossed to
McAuliffe'S corner with $500 to back
himself. Four hundred and fifty was
quickly laid against it. Carney was
dressed in white drawers, white socks
and wore black fighting boots. McAu-
life wore his usual blue fighting
breecheS and shoes. Carney's cOlOrs
were the blue birds eye, and Mac"
wore the big blue silk handkerchief.
McAuitTe was all that has been said of
him recently. and his condition reflects
great credit on his trainer, Dempsey.
He is an inch the superior Of the En-
glishman in height and ten years
Younger than his opponent. Carney
looked very fit, but showed as soon
as he put up his hands that he
was a tritie stale and not so good man
as when he beat Jimmy Mitchell last
summer. Mike Bradley and Billy DAILY
were chosen timekeeperS. A clock in a
church tower near by struck l as the
men and their seconds retreated from
the center after shaking hands, and the
pugiliStS advanced:
TOLD BY ROUNDS.
First ROund-BOth were careful at
first: then McAuliffe was backed into
his corner by the EngliShman. Carney
fpinted half dozen times. McAuliffe
stretching out almost to the floor in his
PagerneSS to cross or Straightforward
him. The blow came, a left handler.
straight for Macs right eye, but he
ducked. though not quite quickly
enough. and the thump left lump on
his forehead. Carney ducked the Amer
leans cross counter cleverly, but in a
rally few seconds later was knocked
down handily. Betting, which had
been three to two on Carney with few
takers. changed at once, and when the
Briton was taken off his feet twice more
in this round one bet of $3.50 to 500 was
made. Time was called as the men
were battering each other at short
range.
Second Round-A heavy left hand
blow on Carney's right eye cheered the
McAuliffe people and they freely bet on
their man on the opening of the second
round. This round opened with rally
and some in fighting. The style of the
remainder of the round was preSage
of what the remainder of the battle
would be. McAulitfe's party had de-
cided to keep the Englishman from do
ing any of his favOrite in-fighting, and
their man was ordered to stay in his
corner and try to wear Carney out.
Third ROund-The exquisite science
of Carney was shown early in the third
round when he beautifully ducked two
of Macs" favOrite left leads and cOun-
tered heavily on the body in return.
Some terrible pounding was done.
mostly by Carney. i'll the clinches, but
the McAuliffe men
u kYLLLED Foul"
e,--v time they got together, and
"Mac'' found it the easiest way to avoid
mitigating, at which he was sure TO get
the worst of it. was to hold on to his op-
ponent with one or both hands. Steven
son. the referee, would not allow one
man to punch while the other was
elinched.
Fourth ROund-Carney had to begin
to do the work in the fourth round, and
he chased McAuliffe all over the ell
closure.
Fifth Round-fhe exchanges in the
next round were great. McAuliffe
seemed to have little the better of the
straight left hand out-fghting, and to
be.the stronger. Mac" laughed when
Carney impatiently tried to coax him to
flight a round or So,H saying: 'I'll
give You enough 15j;-e and bye"
The betting all through tie battle,
while the hottest seen at prize fight
in years. was also the most f1uetuating.
The fifth round, in which McAuiiffe's S
waiting tactics caineOut very strongly;
closed with a bet of $50 to s1OOn Carney.
Sixth Round-The sixth round was
cautious and Carney came to the Amer
lean III his corner, but only ran him
around tho riOo occasionally An offer